September 13th, 2016
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August 29th, 2016
More Helpful Stuff for Better Active Listening
P.E.T. suggests that when children own problems that the parent respond by: Attending, Accepting, Active Listening. It is important for […]
August 8th, 2016
The Many Different Kinds of Listening
(Excerpted from the P.E.T. Workbook) Listening is one of the most vital ingredients of our communication with children, partners, [...]
July 13th, 2016
The Discipline Debate
(This article is excerpted from Dr. Thomas Gordon’s book, Teaching Children Self-Discipline, 1989.) One of my favorite college professors badgered […]
June 14th, 2016
“An Open Letter to My Child Who is in the Next Room”: Rewriting A Mother’s Letter to Her Teenage Daughter
“An Open Letter to My Teen Daughter Who Is In The Next Room” is a short blog by Margarita Gokun […]
May 11th, 2016
My First Parent Effectiveness Training Class
By Guest Blogger: Virag Szomora (from Hungary) My first P.E.T. teaching experience was wonderful. First I was very afraid, that […]
April 26th, 2016
Is it Fear or Regard – Why Do Our Children Respect Us?
“Shouldn’t we be teaching our children to respect us?” said a father in a session of my parenting class. “I […]
April 12th, 2016
Everything You Want and Need to Know About Active Listening
Where did Active Listening come from? Active Listening was a type of communication identified in the research of some graduate […]
March 14th, 2016
Why Won’t My Dogs Listen to Reason?
This story has been re-posted with permission, from parentskills.com.au. This is a tale of two dogs and one owner, who, in […]
March 1st, 2016